I just want to be a middleman

"That little thing is not dead. Why do you always collect ugly things? They are so ugly. That dead rat." Qian Duoduo could see the disgusted expression on Long Mintian's face.

Seeing this expression on a dragon's face... You are the dead rat, your whole family are dead rats!!

My rat is so cute! He can even go treasure hunting for me!

Qian Duoduo felt relieved when he heard that Shu Xiaoqiang was not in danger. He waited quietly to see what this person was going to do. Anyway, if he was not anxious, there would always be someone more anxious.

The moon slowly came out, and its light shone on the earth so that the road outside could be seen clearly. Qian Duoduo sat at the door of the thatched cottage, looking at the peach trees all over the mountains.

Each one seems the same, yet each one seems different.

Such a leisurely rest time is very comfortable. Paired with the cute little houses of the team, the mood is even better.

Qian Duoduo got up and went back into the house. He saw a letter on the wooden table and a faint scent of peach blossoms in the air.

When he opened the letter, it turned out to be an invitation letter, inviting Qian Duoduo to visit... After reading the letter, the envelope turned into peach petals.

Honestly, even someone with a bit of a brain problem would know that this is telling people that you are in the back mountain, and it is probably related to the peach tree...

This... is indeed a bit stupid, completely lacking in social skills and cunning...

Qian Duoduo followed what was written in the letter, stood behind the wishing tree, and used his spiritual energy to stick peach petals to the tree. A faint light appeared, and Qian Duoduo disappeared.

What else is there to say? The old tree has become a spirit. Qian Duoduo is not a particularly smart person, but he can guess it.

"........."

It's in a tree hole, and it's very simple... well, it's just poor. There's nothing else except tables, chairs, and benches, and there are no other decorations.

The only decoration should be the rat Xiaoqiang sitting on the table... He looked at Qian Duoduo with tears in his eyes.

A little girl was sitting at the table looking at Qian Duoduo. She was as pretty as a piece of jade. Although she was a little girl, Qian Duoduo didn't dare to underestimate her. She might have lived for thousands of years like Meigui and the others.

"It's really presumptuous of you to come here so late at night." The little girl spoke in a clear childish voice, but her words were quite mature.

"Please take a seat."

Qian Duoduo went over and sat opposite her, "It's not too presumptuous, don't you still have my hostage?" Nodding at Shu Xiaoqiang, Qian Duoduo wanted to take action to remove the restriction on Shu Xiaoqiang.

"............" I didn't expect that I couldn't solve it. I'm so weak. Anyone can dance on Qian Duoduo's head.

"My name is Tao Yaoyao. I invited you here this time because of the villagers of Taohua Village. As for your little friend, he ran into my warehouse, so I had no choice but to keep him as a guest." Tao Yaoyao waved her hand to untie Shu Xiaoqiang.

Qian Duoduo: Shame on you...

Shu Xiaoqiang jumped into Qian Duoduo's arms, and then began to say bad things about Tao Yaoyao to Qian Duoduo in his heart!

"Master, please help me deal with her! I told her I didn't want anything and just left, but she still kept me here and wouldn't let me speak. She completely wiped out my presence!

She’s gone too far!!”

"But her warehouse really has a lot of stuff. They're all high-level herbs, and there are some others I don't recognize. It's a pity I didn't see it all."

"Master, how about I go back and find Qingcong and the others to come over and destroy her home. Her home is so beautiful!"

"It smells nice and soothing. Master, if you want, let's take her. There are other things I like in there."

"Master..." Shu Xiaoqiang was still chattering, trying to break into Tao Yaoyao's warehouse.

But let's get this straight first! Can I beat your master? Going up there is just a way to get eaten. Didn't you see I couldn't even save you just now?

Qian Duoduo blocked out Shu Xiaoqiang's voice and said, "Senior Tao Yaoyao? Since I have received my hostage, I will take my leave. As for the villagers of Taohua Village, there is nothing we can do."

The third party is Tao Yaoyao. I don’t know whether her stance is good or bad. If it is bad, Qian Duoduo has to stay here today.

"I hid the villagers. I also saw you and the man in black robe earlier."

And then? What happened?

"So? It was you who killed the villagers, and you asked me to come here just to tell me not to interfere anymore?" Qian Duoduo stroked Shu Xiaoqiang's hair slowly.

"No, I want you to take them out."

"Then why didn't you just kill the black-robed man? Instead, you hid the villagers?"

Tao Yaoyao took her hand out from under the table, revealing her now transparent left hand. "I had already stopped him when I discovered he was doing those low-class things here. At that time, I still had the ability to stop him. Later, he put the villagers in there and used them to deal with me. I began to feel restrained.

I am the patron saint of Taohua Village, and you can also say that I am the patron saint of this mountain.

It's called a guardian deity, but it's actually just a wild spirit. It was only because of enlightenment and the worship of the villagers of Taohua Village that it gained faith and incense, and it has been able to survive to this day."

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Thousands of years ago, Tao Yaoyao was just an ordinary peach tree. The only thing that could be said about it was that it lived a long life, could absorb spiritual energy on its own, and began to practice cultivation without a teacher.

For a long time, Tao Yaoyao's favorite thing was to tease the animals and plants in the mountains, and she would never dare to tease people.

But he silently guided the lost people and helped the poor families. As for how he helped them... he just gave them other valuable herbs.

Peaches are the only thing I can use for these villagers. As for peach gum, the villagers don't know how to eat it and don't know what its effects are.

If there is any use for the villagers, it is to break off her branches and take them back to ward off evil spirits.

Later, she met a cultivator who saw that Tao Yaoyao was not a bad person and learned that she had helped the villagers, so he named her Tao Yaoyao and found her many cultivation techniques.

He was also the first person to hang a red ribbon on a peach tree, with a single sentence inscribed on it: "The Great Way is Simple." For thousands of years, this sentence has taken root in Tao Yaoyao's heart, but she never understood what it meant.

Also because of the red ribbon hung by the monk, more and more people came to hang red ribbons, and Tao Yaoyao would fulfill some simple wishes.

Tao Yaoyao mostly ignored the other things because the monk had said, "If you fulfill all their wishes, it will become increasingly difficult to satisfy them in the future. People are greedy and selfish."

You have to learn to discern.

But no one taught Tao Yaoyao how to distinguish, and she had no way to learn. Tao Yaoyao would not act rashly and would only intervene occasionally.

This time, Taohua Village was attacked for no reason. Tao Yaoyao stepped forward and did not hide anymore. However, she was unable to deal with the evil magic of the man in black robe and was injured.

"Those peach trees hung with red ribbons are the missing villagers. I was injured and had no other choice but to resort to this desperate measure."